About Us

The Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Greater Cincinnati is a non-profit ovarian cancer resource organization whose mission is to create public awareness to the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer, to provide support, resources, and education to ovarian cancer survivors and caregivers; and to fund research focused on early detection and a cure. Learn more

Facts

It is the deadliest of all gynecologic cancers and the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths among American women.

A woman’s lifetime risk of developing invasive ovarian cancer is 1 in 71.

More than 21,000 American and 239,000 women worldwide will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer this year.

More than 150,000 deaths worldwide are expected to be caused by ovarian cancer this year. Learn more

Symptoms

For years, women have known that ovarian cancer was not the silent killer it was said to be. Over the past decade, science has confirmed what women have long known: ovarian cancer has symptoms.